A corporate programme of the GEF implemented by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme
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Description
The partnerships will primarily help meet objective of facilitating local-level resilience building in priority sectors. Efforts is being made to ensure close coordination leading to:- engagement with NGOs implementing Community Based Adaptation projects at larger scale in SIDS; particularly where projects will support the realization of the three critical RIO conventions (UNCCD, CBD and UNFCCC);- ensuring, where possible, linkages between community-level projects and SIDS governments priorities in each country;- utilising the outputs of climate change research outcomes in all SIDS and work with community-based organisations in the development and implementation of CBA activities;The partnerships will further engage with key regional organisations in SIDS (particularly the Secretariat of the Pacific Environment Program, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, the University of the South Pacific, the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre and the University of the West Indies) to ensure CBA investments are linked into the broader regional response to climate change
Capacity is being developed for the design and implementation of CBA projects, a task that is being undertaken through partnership of local (NGOs and CBOs) and national level (NSC) actors, with support for fund access in all SIDS. SGP Technical Specialists and UNDP-EEG and Regional Technical Advisors for Climate Change Adaptation provide technical support. Through focused training activities, capacity will be built in the following:- Community members ability to understand and respond to adaptation issues;- Developing baselines for monitoring and evaluation;- Setting adaptation priorities with community members;- Designing and implementing demonstration activities to manage anticipated climate change-driven risks, thereby establishing local and national pools of practitioners;- Strengthening relevant institutions to sustain the process of adaptation at the community level;- Consolidation and synthesis of lessons learned into appropriate and effective knowledge products;- Informing policy and development practice effectively. The partnerships adopts the learning by doing approach to achieve the above results by giving grants that will require actually putting acquired skills into practical action. It is expected that the initial capacity built will spread globally through regional and global NGO networks. The knowledge management component of the partnerships provides material for spread in capacity development.
The partnership will be governed and managed under the existing established SGP implementation infrastructure. This includes making use of existing organizational structures such as the SGP National Coordinator (NC) and SGP National Steering Committee (NSC), as well as National Focal Persons (NFPs) and National Focal Groups (NFGs) for the programme. The NSC/NFG structure in each SIDS country has been expanded to include relevant skills on climate change and sustainable development. The existing NSC/NFG structure serves the function of a national CBA delivery platform. The reliance on the current SGP NC/NFP and NSC/NFG ensures a sustained and focused process for capacity development at the local level. NSC/NFGs are also engage with national climate change committees and donor groups where possible.The presence of key government environment officials in the NSC/NFG supports efforts at mainstreaming projects and their lessons learned to national plans, programmes and strategies. In addition, the presence of non-governmental members also provide guidance on how small local NGOs and CBOs can access the funds and build their capacity to implement CBA activities in a timely and facilitative manner. As the NSC/NFGs are also bolstered by the inclusion of relevant national climate change experts, there is available source for local guidance in both project preparation and implementation, as well as in monitoring and evaluation.
SDGS & Targets
Goal 14
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
14.1
By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution
14.1.1
(a) Index of coastal eutrophication; and (b) plastic debris density
14.2
By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans
14.2.1
Number of countries using ecosystem-based approaches to managing marine areas
14.3
Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels
14.3.1
14.4
By 2020, effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices and implement science-based management plans, in order to restore fish stocks in the shortest time feasible, at least to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield as determined by their biological characteristics
14.4.1
14.5
By 2020, conserve at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, consistent with national and international law and based on the best available scientific information
14.5.1
14.6
By 2020, prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, eliminate subsidies that contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and refrain from introducing new such subsidies, recognizing that appropriate and effective special and differential treatment for developing and least developed countries should be an integral part of the World Trade Organization fisheries subsidies negotiation
14.6.1
Degree of implementation of international instruments aiming to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
14.7
By 2030, increase the economic benefits to Small Island developing States and least developed countries from the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism
14.7.1
Sustainable fisheries as a proportion of GDP in small island developing States, least developed countries and all countries
14.a
Increase scientific knowledge, develop research capacity and transfer marine technology, taking into account the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Criteria and Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology, in order to improve ocean health and to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries, in particular small island developing States and least developed countries
14.a.1
14.b
Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets
14.b.1
Degree of application of a legal/regulatory/policy/institutional framework which recognizes and protects access rights for small‐scale fisheries
14.c
Enhance the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing international law as reflected in United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which provides the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources, as recalled in paragraph 158 of "The future we want"
14.c.1
Number of countries making progress in ratifying, accepting and implementing through legal, policy and institutional frameworks, ocean-related instruments that implement international law, as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, for the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and their resources
SDG 14 targets covered
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Resources mobilized
Partnership Progress
| Title | Progress Status | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| Partnership Progress 2017-05-17 | On track | |
| Partnership Progress 2016-06-30 | On track |
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- Africa
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Charles Nyandiga, Programme Advisor, Land Degradation & Forestry